first ever California Data Camp will happen here at Citizen Space downtown San Francisco. Also we’ll have an app contest to build web apps on the public data of City of San Francisco. The event is organized by Spot.Us and California Watch, a journalism initiative of Center for Investigative Reporting.

So far, I’ve spotted people from SF City Data, Maplight.org, from Muni, O’Reilly media, Mother Jones, among the others, and citizens interested in data.

California Watch, the largest investigative team operating in the state, was created in 2009 by the nonprofit Center for Investigative Reporting. This new team of reporters, editors and multimedia producers will emphasize story telling that holds powerful interests accountable and shines a light on key areas of interest – education, health care, criminal justice, the environment and government oversight. The goal of our reporting is to expose hidden truths, prompt debate and spark change.